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The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) has seized two internet domains and searched nearly 1,000 social media accounts that Russian threat actors allegedly used to spread pro-Kremlin disinformation. These accounts, part of a bot network on X (formerly Twitter), were created using AI to promote messages supporting Russian government objectives. The bot network, consisting of …

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Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, settled for $1.4 billion following allegations from Texas claiming that it clandestinely collected millions of users’ bio-metric data. This goes down in history as one of the largest penalties imposed on the social media giant. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton affirmed that the state is “[committed] …

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🙁 – On Friday, a massive technology outage caused widespread chaos, affecting companies and services across various industries. Flights were grounded, banks and hospital systems went offline, and media outlets were unable to broadcast. CrowdStrike, a cybersecurity firm that provides software to numerous companies globally, was at the root of this major disruption. It claims …

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SURGE IN SOCIAL ENGINEERING SCAMS: Scheming cyber-criminals are ramping up their scamming efforts. According to Ernst & Young LLP., social engineering attacks are on the rise in the workplace. Interestingly, the assumed tech virtuosos of Generation Z and millennials are less confident in dealing with cyber threats compared to their older coworkers. Despite the digital …

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According to cybersecurity experts, nearly 10 billion passwords have just leaked onto Internet forums. A trove of social media, email, and other site passwords have leaked, making this one of the biggest data breaches in years. MAJOR PASSWORD LEAK – In an attack dubbed “RockYou2024,” online cyber criminals have acquired nearly 10 billion passwords from …

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